www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Chris Hardwickhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/chris-hardwick/?utm_medium=RSS2015-07-12T01:02:01-04:00First footage of 'X-Men: Apocalypse,' 'Deadpool' shown at Comic-Con2015-07-12T01:02:01-04:00Lindsey Bahrhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/12/first-footage-of-x-men-apocalypse-deadpool-shown/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>SAN DIEGO &mdash; Screams and cheers are cheap at Comic-Con, but the energy stepped up a notch Saturday evening after fans got their first look at "Deadpool."</p> <p>Not only did the trailer for the irreverent film starring Ryan Reynolds get a standing ovation, but soon the 6,500-person Hall H audience ...Fueled by fanboy-ism, an empire swells at Nerdist2013-01-08T13:06:25-05:00JAKE COYLEhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/8/fueled-by-fanboy-ism-an-empire-swells-at-nerdist/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>NEW YORK (AP) - There's no media entity more pleased to be called an empire than Nerdist, the online factory of earnest pop culture enthusiasm.</p><p>This is largely because in the Nerdist universe, &quot;Star Wars&quot; is gospel; the kind of fandom those films have inspired is in many ways Nerdist's model ...